What is asio2.sys?

asio2.sys is digitally signed by ASUSTeK Computer Inc..

asio2.sys is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected asio2.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

asio2.sys does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

asio2.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number05e6a0be5ac359c7ff11f4b467ab20fc

VirusTotal report

1 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the asio2.sys file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
ClamAV Win.Rootkit.ShadowHammer-7053987-0
1 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the asio2.sys file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1564253584.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\GitSourceCode\\Driver\\GLCKIO2_\\GLCKIO2\\x64\\Release\\Asushwio2.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 826,
            "time": 4.1668419837952,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1154,
            "time": 3.0653169155121,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1482,
            "time": 4.1939649581909,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "94f781eee6759ea3725aee926e1dc06e32745c68d02d1f6123d638fe138edcb6",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "b7bae62c706e6be2178ba634bf7e5fd992130d9f224dc42b2d9caec0b6a27474",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD526236de92005d9271fa535aacf0273fe
SHA2568ef9deb867ac3b296936d751784a3da3a26b06dec0ac3d19f732d7c498eb2eca

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with asio2.sys. 90% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 10 users.

User vote results: There were 9 votes to remove and 1 vote to keep

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